Development of a model for quality assessment of tomatoes and apricots
Ramin Azodanlou, Charly Darbellay, Jean-Luc Luisier, Jean-Claude Villettaz and Renato Amadò
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie Volume 36, Issue 2 , March 2003, Pages 223-233
2003
บทคัดย่อ
Development of a model for quality assessment of tomatoes and apricots
Thequalityof tomato and apricot cultivars was assessed by sensory evaluation, consumer tests and instrumental methods. The overall sensory appreciation of tomatoes was mainly reflected by attributes such as "sweetness", "aroma", "juiciness" and "firmness". Hedonic classification of samples allowed to significantly improve the correlation between instrumental data and consumer appreciation. Instrumental measurements were focused on total sugar content (°Brix) and total amount of volatile compounds and texture (firmness). For tomatoes the CAR/PDMS fibre and for apricots the PDMS fibre were used for the analysis of total volatiles. The results obtained with tomatoes and apricots confirmed the applicability of thequalityassessment model developed for evaluation of thequality of strawberries.